Everything Cookies Aka Monster Cookies

Submitted by ElenaK

"This cookie has a little bit of everything, except flour. It was a favorite of mine growing up and is still a hit at parties. The recipe in its original form makes a ton of cookies, so you may want to cut in half..."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 60-80 cookies

ingredients

• 6 large eggs
• 2 1⁄4 cups brown sugar
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups crunchy peanut butter
• 9 cups oatmeal
• 1 1⁄2 cups plain M&M's
• 1 1⁄2 cups chocolate chips

directions

1. In very large bowl, use mixer to combine first seven ingredients--eggs through peanut butter.
2. Add oatmeal, candy, and chocolate chips and mix thoroughly by hand.
3. If dough is too sticky, either refrigerate or add another 1/2 to 1 cup oatmeal.
4. Scoop ice cream size balls of dough onto cookie sheets, with plenty of space in between.
5. Bake at 350° for 13-15 minutes. If using two racks, switch top to bottom and bottom to top about halfway through.

Reviews

[BusyMomOf2Toddlers]

The cookies are great, but the recipe is a little weak. Anyone who has made cookies before should be able to stumble through it, but I had to rewrite it so my kids could follow along. And why add the oats by hand? Do a half batch and let the mixer do the work. Watch out, these cookies can go from perfect to burnt in about a minute.

 

[CookinMommy]

Made these this afternoon and they came out fantastic! Very easy to make too. I used my ice cream scoop to scoop the dough and ended up with exactly 60 cookies. I baked them for 11 minutes and let then cool for about 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheet. They came out nice and chewy. Thanks for the recipe I know I will be making these again soon.

 

[jVo6236]

It's pretty warm outside today to be heating the oven and baking a big batch of cookies, but I had an urge! Turns out it was worth it. This must be a very 'forgiving, mix and match' recipe as I traded out ingredients as to what was in my pantry and they came out 'veddy-veddy tasty indeed'! For starters, I halved the recipe (in case they were awful) I used Jif creamy HONEY peanut butter, about 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, a 1/2 cup BLEND of butterscotch chips, cherry flavored chips, and premium white choc chips! The first batch I made as written and the cookies were huge! Like 5-6" in diameter! They took 12 minutes in total. I thought they were a tad too big though, so I halved the amount of 'dough' in the ice cream scooper and continued on. Most reviewers are right. 10 minutes at this size is perfect! Then after they cool for about 10 more minutes...they are set just right. Addictive, tasty and a great snack cookie~also not alot of trouble either. :-)

 

[Cookie23]

This recipe makes A LOT of cookies! I got tired of baking cookies so I put the dough in two 9" square pans, sprinkled peanuts on top, and baked for 30 minutes. Delicious!! :)

 

[beckerd]

I've been making this exact recipe for years. I was going to share the recipe but I see you already beat me to it! :) Its my absolute favorite cookie to eat and to make! My version is slightly different in the measurements of the ingredients and the method of mixing, but its the same. I found that if I press down slightly on the balls of dough after I place them on the sheet they come out better. I also like to refrigerate mine between batches. Awesome cookies!